Talks
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GREENING CITIES A panel of urban conservationists discuss their work “greening” cities. Panelists include a landscape architect for the U.S. Forest Service, Matt Arnn; the director of programs for West Harlem Environmental Action, Cecil Corbin-Mark; the executive director of the United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park, Elizabeth Yeampierre, and Meredith Philips of the Academy of Urban Planning. They also discuss career opportunities in urban conservation. Tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., the Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave., between 50th and 51st streets, 212-935-2075, free.
SUBJECTIVE HISTORIES The Sculpture Center presents its first lecture series, Subjective Histories of Sculpture, in which artists offer their own accounts of sculpture’s history. The series kicks off with a talk by Paul Pfeiffer. Upcoming: Trisha Donnelly (April 24) and John Armleder (May 1). Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the New School, Theresa Lang Center, 55 W. 13th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, second floor, 212-299-5488, $5 general, free for members and students.
ON AFGHANISTAN Barnett Rubin,aformer special adviser to the U.N. special representative of the secretary-general for Afghanistan, discusses the future of democracy in Afghanistan. He is the author of “The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System, Second Edition” (Yale University Press). A reception follows. Tomorrow, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Council, Merrill House, 170 E. 64th St., between Third and Lexington avenues, 212-838-4120, $25.
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